Underwater Eden : saving the last coral wilderness on earth / edited by Gregory S. Stone & David Obura

Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Copyright Date: ©2013
Physical Description: xi, 170 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 26 cm
Additional Creators: Stone, Gregory S. and Obura, David O.

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Contents

In search of paradise / Gregory S. Stone -- History through a watery lens / Christopher Pala -- Parade of the bumpheads : Orona / Gerald R. Allen and Steven L. Bailey -- Birds and invaders : Rawaki / Raymond J. Pierce -- Beautiful aliens : the invertebrates / Mary Jane Adams -- Coral reefs and climate change / David Obura and Randi D. Rotjan -- Ecotourism in paradise : Kanton / Robert Barrel -- Protecting paradise / Eduard Niesten and Peter Shelley -- The future of the Phoenix Islands / Gregory S. Stone, David Obura, Sue Miller-Taei, and Tukabu Teroroko -- Living blue : making choices with the ocean in mind / Heather Tausig -- Phoenix Islands timeline -- Appendix : New England Aquarium research expeditions to the Phoenix Islands -- Species tally.

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9780226775609 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0226775607 (cloth : alkaline paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-156) and index.

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